In Jerusalem gay parade Orthodox Jew with a knife wounded six members, said on Thursday, July 30, the electronic version of the newspaper The Jerusalem Post.

Two of the victims are in critical condition and sent to the hospital. One - in a state of moderate severity, three injured easily.

According to eyewitnesses, the attackers had two, one of them looked like an Orthodox Jew. On suspicion of an attack on the site was arrested one person. A police spokesman said that law enforcement knew about the attack on the protesters.

It later emerged that the assailant was an Orthodox Jew Yishay Shlissel. Police said that in 2005, by his attack on the gay parade in Jerusalem injured four people. Then he was 12 years imprisoned, from which he was released three weeks ago.

Orthodox Jews account for about 10% of Israel's population. They annually against a gay parade, which is considered a demonstration of debauchery.